Cease-fire toll rises as Viet Cong hold 22 hour sit-in
Viet Cong members staged a 22 hour sit-in after landing at Tan Son Nhut as Saigon officials released nine on the plane without immigration terms. North Vietnamese officers refused to deplane as U.S. aircraft entered Hanoi for the first time since 1954. The ICCS cooperative police the South Vietnam cease-fire.
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Saigon
Tan Son Hut
Hanoi
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
International Commission For Control and Supervision
ICCS
Vietnam
Canada
Poland
Hungary
Indonesia
Michel Gauvin
Record to construct new Lompoc building in Spanish style
Groundbreaking today for the Lompoc Record's $332,000 two story plant at 115 North H Street. The project, designed by Robert I. Hoyt and built by Culberson Construction, aims for occupancy in the Record's 98th year.
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Lompoc Record Building
North H Street
Record
The
North I Street
Kenneth L. Adam
H Street
Robert I. Hoyt
Santa Barbara
Pierre Claeyssens
Culberson Construction Company
Lompoc
Adam
Nixon submitting fourth budget amid record spending
President Nixon sends Congress the 1974 budget proposal, showing record federal outlays but a smaller deficit. Defense climbs despite Vietnam peace, while cuts target aging Great Society programs. Nixon warns Congress to restrain spending and opposes tax increases. He broadcasts from the Florida White House urging public support.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Florida White House
Tornadoes Leave 300 Homeless Across Central Florida
Six tornadoes crossed Central Florida during the early afternoon injuring at least 18 and leaving about 300 homeless. One twister hit a West Orlando apartment complex in the Washington Shores district where the top of a two story building was ripped off. Police Chief Robert Chewning called it a miracle no one was killed as the disaster unfolded.
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Orlando
Fla
UPI
Florida
Robert Chewning
Washington Shores
Nixon seeks 3.1 billion for NASA ICCS mission and arrival at Saigon
The article notes Nixon proposing 3.1 billion for NASA ICCS and details the Canadian delegation chairing today’s meeting. It covers the arrival of the first ICCS members, travel to 45 inspection points, and the large eventual force of 1,160 men. It also describes the Saigon arrivals of six Viet Cong officers, restrictions on movement, and tense security with U.S. soldiers and media expelled from the air base while C130s and North Vietnamese officers conducted arrivals.
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ICCS
Commission
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Haiphong
Sweetland six feet off ground as Southwick listed as POW
Lompoc Valley official Earle Sweetland celebrates after learning his son-in-law Navy Commander Charles Everett Southwick is named on the POW list. Southwick has been a prisoner since May 1967 after his F-4 was downed over Vietnam. The piece notes resident letters, hopes for return, and a local election inquiry amid NASA budget news and weather updates.
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Stan Tulledo
Earle Sweetland
Lompoc Valley
Karen Southwick
Sweetland
Southwick
Sausalito
San Francisco
Vietnam
Com
Lompoc
Navy Department
Oak Knoll
Navy
Oakland
U.S
First U S casualty after peace in Vietnam
The war winds down yet violence persists as U S Army warrant officer Anthony Dalpozzo, 22, dies of wounds from a Sunday attack in the Mekong Delta. The cease fire sees heavy clashes, U S airstrikes in Laos, and continuing advisory efforts in Laos and Vietnam.
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South Vietnam
Laos
Army
W.O
Anthony Dalpozzo
Santa Barbara
Calif
Dalpozzo
Mekong Delta
Daniel Richard
UPI
Robert Kaylor
Muong Kassy
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
U.S
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
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